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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
'like + a clause' in pure literature
This novel is set in a Chinese village before World War One.
The protagonist lives with his wife, baby, and father, his wife was a maid with very rich family.
It is the second day of the New Year, He is on the way home from his wife's ex-master's place with his wife, with having the son in his arms after her brief visit.
"Did you find out why they are poorer?"
"I had but a moment for private talk with the cook under whom I worked before," she replied, "but she said, 'This house cannot stand forever with all the young lords, five of them, spending money like waste water in foreign parts and spending home woman after woman as they weary of them, and ~'"
<The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck>
I'd like to know why it is "like," not "as."
Thank you in advance for your help.
The protagonist lives with his wife, baby, and father, his wife was a maid with very rich family.
It is the second day of the New Year, He is on the way home from his wife's ex-master's place with his wife, with having the son in his arms after her brief visit.
"Did you find out why they are poorer?"
"I had but a moment for private talk with the cook under whom I worked before," she replied, "but she said, 'This house cannot stand forever with all the young lords, five of them, spending money like waste water in foreign parts and spending home woman after woman as they weary of them, and ~'"
<The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck>
I'd like to know why it is "like," not "as."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
" "like" is most often used before a noun phrase. Your heading says "clause", but there's no verb, so it's not a clause; it's a phrase. "waste" is not a verb; it's a noun (modifier of "water").
- " "like" is most often used before a noun phrase.
- Your heading says "clause", but there's no verb, so it's not a clause; it's a phrase.
- "waste" is not a verb; it's a noun (modifier of "water").
- CJ
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park sang joonI'd like to know why it is "like," not "as.""like" is most often used before a noun phrase. Your heading says "clause", but there's no verb, so it's not a clause; it's a phrase. "waste" is not a verb; it's a noun (modifier of "water").
CJ
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